Mario! The image that pops into our head is of the mustached Italian. Okay I may not be Italian, a man, have a real mustache, and an awesome fro. But I think I pulled off this Mario Bros. costume pretty well. This costume was a last minute thing and probably could have turned out better. … Read more
My company holds a costume and area decorating contest every Halloween so my buddy Shawn and I decided to take this opportunity very seriously. We decided to go with a Mario Brother theme and go as Mario and Luigi and deck out our entire work area as the original Super Mario Brothers as released on … Read more
This is our Homemade Mario Bros., Princess Peach and Toad Group Costume. For my dress, I used an old prom dress. Dyed a piece of ribbon and gloves to match. I sewed the tinsel to my dress giving it the flowing look, then hot glued the ribbon over it. Found the crown in the toy … Read more
My son is 7 years old and loves loves loves Bowser, so here we go, he wanted a Bowser Costume for Halloween this year. I don’t know if anyone has searched for a Bowser kids costume, but they are not to be found in stores, PLUS, making costumes is so much more fun anyway. I … Read more
It’s easier to dress up as Mario if you’re a guy. In my case, the added touch I used was that I tied my long black hair in a bun and hid it under my hat. The thing that made a huge difference was that I smeared mascara on my eyebrows to make them dark … Read more
This Homemade Skorge costume is my attempt to make Skorge. A high priest Kantus, character from Gears of War 2. I used what ever materials I can find from Home Depo, Menards and Walmart. His armor was made with kids soft floor matt. The spikes was cut and shaped from a foam and coated with … Read more
I made this homemade Mario Kart costume over the course of 2 months… I hand made all the cars from cardboard and painted them all with symbols or characters that represented each different driver.. For instance Yoshi had eggs on the car, Mario had pipes, Goombas etc… Princess Peach (not pictured) had stars and glitter … Read more
These Super Mario Child Costumes were super easy & it was so nice to find a theme that my boys AND my girl could agree on. To start with I found a pepto-pink vintage dress at the thrift store & cut it down crudely to fit my daughter – I am really not a seamstress … Read more
My 9 year old son really wanted to be Halo for Halloween this year. We looked all over the internet for a costume and found either really cheesy fabric costumes that didn’t resemble real armor….or super expensive costumes that other people had made. So we thought we might as well give it a shot and … Read more
My eight year old son wanted to go as the Master Chief character from Halo for Halloween this year. He actually wanted it last year but after I started on the helmet I realized it would take much longer than I originally thought! I purchased one of the Halo action figures to have something to … Read more
This Homemade Mortal Kombat Sub Zero Costume was made with blue fabric, shin guards, a paintball mask and cardboard. Throw in some white out contacts and shoes that light up blue and you are all set!
It was four days before the big day and Tim and I were still struggling to fit half a hula-hoop into an elbow joint of PVC that was oozing with bathroom caulk and epoxy. How were we going to make four identical Ms. Pac-man ghosts to win the group costume contest? Our vision was to … Read more